The University of Guyana’s inaugural Oil and Gas stakeholders’ symposium yesterday heard Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman call for the enhancing of critical skills that can be transferred to all sectors in the country and he also said that a national petroleum company will be set up.
By video conferencing, the forum also heard from UG’s Vice-Chancellor Pro-fessor Ivelaw Griffith that a system-wide review of the university has been commissioned to see which areas can benefit from the oil industry, which is expected to see first oil in 2020.
Under the theme “Identifying and meeting the demands for the engineering and operations management skills required in Guyana’s emerging oil-based industry and economy,” the first consultation between key players in the oil and gas industry and UG was held at the Marriott Hotel.